Underfloor heating in a heat pump context seems to mean heated water tubes under the floor?
What floors does it work with? We have suspended wooden floors with a void underneath. One could insulate heavily underneath, but the heat would still have to fight its way past floorboards, underlay, carpet, which are themselves quite good insulation.
And, one might then have a 20-30cm impermeable layer, which would almost certainly lead at some point to damage to structure from trapped moisture.
We don't have a first floor, but if we did… the heat would have to fight its way up.
I'm not sure I see how that specific aspect can be retrofitted to maybe most UK older buildings?
There is I suppose room under the ground floor for warm air ducts, but that's not ever suggested in UK, AFAIK?
Underfloor heating in a heat pump context seems to mean heated water tubes under the floor?
What floors does it work with? We have suspended wooden floors with a void underneath. One could insulate heavily underneath, but the heat would still have to fight its way past floorboards, underlay, carpet, which are themselves quite good insulation.
And, one might then have a 20-30cm impermeable layer, which would almost certainly lead at some point to damage to structure from trapped moisture.
We don't have a first floor, but if we did… the heat would have to fight its way up.
I'm not sure I see how that specific aspect can be retrofitted to maybe most UK older buildings?
There is I suppose room under the ground floor for warm air ducts, but that's not ever suggested in UK, AFAIK?
